Program Download - IE CHROME - “is not commonly downloaded and could be dangerous.”

Question

I have an installer for my C# program, I uploaded it to my website, but whenever I try to download it in chrome or IE, I get \"MY FILE* is not commonly down

Answer 1

The best resources are this blog post and this blog post.

To sum up:

1. Sign you package with an authenticode signature.
2. Don't be malware (I'm sure you got that covered).
3. Logo your software (if it's not a browser plug-in).

This can be a frustrating process, so hang in there. Microsoft has not disclosed how many downloads one needs to build a reputation, but in practice once you stop changing the package (the hash is part of the reputation) then you can get past this fairly quickly.